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Help!!
ive been havinga problem here for a while....vibration from the front left suspension area, started as only a slight bump noise when coming to a stop, but has escalated to a constant ratle in the front left(on bumpy roads, etc.)...u joint seems tight, no play...shock bushings fine, any other ideas?? i have to do my front rotors and pads asap and want to get to the bottom of this problem at the same time. thanks alot guys
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it's 4x4 with manual hubs, they're unlocking, b/c i can turn the axleshaft by the u-joint when its unlocked....sounds like wheel bearings...you made it sound like there's two sets, are there?? thanks forty
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Sway bar to axle bushings are a common problem,as well as sway bar links. Both need
to be checked with the axle loaded(on the ground,or a drive on lift) if you check them with the axle hanging they may seem OK.
to be checked with the axle loaded(on the ground,or a drive on lift) if you check them with the axle hanging they may seem OK.
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Could also be caliper pins. Guzzle replaced his and did a very nice, illustrated, write-up on how-to, here:
http://guzzle.rbmicro.com/cu.html
And, as HD said, those sway-bar link bushings go out a LOT, too.
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http://guzzle.rbmicro.com/cu.html
And, as HD said, those sway-bar link bushings go out a LOT, too.
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I have a intermittent rattle in the front also. It sounds like a lugnut in a hubcap, but I don't have hubcaps. 
I heard it before and assumed it was the hub because it was shelled out when i disassembled it. The noise came back though. When I took the hub out the other day, it was shelled again. I found a great deal of vertical movement in the end of the passenger side drive shaft. I looked at the u joint, and it appears that it has been hitting the steering knuckle. I think there is a bearing gone in the end of the front axle, but i have searched the forums for 2 hrs to no avail.
I heard it before and assumed it was the hub because it was shelled out when i disassembled it. The noise came back though. When I took the hub out the other day, it was shelled again. I found a great deal of vertical movement in the end of the passenger side drive shaft. I looked at the u joint, and it appears that it has been hitting the steering knuckle. I think there is a bearing gone in the end of the front axle, but i have searched the forums for 2 hrs to no avail.
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Originally Posted by thefnswits
it's 4x4 with manual hubs, they're unlocking, b/c i can turn the axleshaft by the u-joint when its unlocked....sounds like wheel bearings...you made it sound like there's two sets, are there?? thanks forty
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Had the same sound on my 99 4x4. Did not want to believe the swaybar bushings were doing that. Pulled the swaybar off and wha-lha the sound was gone. replaced bushing and reinstalled, problem solved until just last week. Now I have to replace the top bushing in my draglink. Found it loose and has some play that is making a similar noise.
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